MIddle Smithfield supervisors promise to hound for Sandy money

Tuesday

Feb 5, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Residents at the Middle Smithfield Township board of supervisors meeting were assured by the board and township Treasurer Michael Dwyer's report that the township will continue pursuing recovering $85,000 in damages suffered by Hurricane Sandy in the fall. The funds would come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. Dwyer said the figure is calculated by workers' hours to remove fallen trees and clear drains.

WAYNE WITKOWSKI

Residents at the Middle Smithfield Township board of supervisors meeting were assured by the board and township Treasurer Michael Dwyer's report that the township will continue pursuing recovering $85,000 in damages suffered by Hurricane Sandy in the fall. The funds would come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. Dwyer said the figure is calculated by workers' hours to remove fallen trees and clear drains.

"We have the approval from FEMA, which usually covers 75 percent of the expenses, and PEMA has been known to usually cover the other 25 percent. FEMA approved, but PEMA hasn't decided," Dwyer said. Dwyer said township officials will meet with PEMA representatives on Feb. 4 at the Monroe County Emergency Control Center.

In other business, Middle Smithfield supervisors put off discussions on a conditional use application for Adams Outdoor Advertising until today and tabled the Hott PA Inc. land development plan until the next meeting on Feb. 14. Instead, they certified creating a Historical Commission by passing Ordinance No. 191 at its last meeting on Jan. 25.

Discussion on the Adams Outdoor Advertising issue regarding an electronic billboard at the intersection of Hollow Road and Route 209 will continue to 4 p.m. today.

Spring cleanup dates were also determined. Cleanup will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 3-4. The township will take disposed computers on those days, which it will shrink-wrap and take to Monroe County Municipal Waste Authority in Blakeslee.